astroagro.bsky.social
Professor of 🚀🛰️🌠 Engineering. Planetary science PhD. Former NASA guy. 🌘🪐
Firefighter, Paramedic, Trombonist. 🚒🚑🎵
Inspired by nature and technology. 🌿💾
ADHD. 🐿️
Taking the road less traveled, and it has made all the difference. 🧭
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And now it's... not?
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Well, the authors *did* recommend to "go big". So there's at least one piece he got right. OTOH, it would definitely be best to figure out how to keep them alive before sending them. 🤷
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Must have been the day for it. Lecture today started with, "I generally believe that politics should be left at the door of the classroom, but we need to talk about what's about to affect you and people you know and care about."
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I'm particularly enjoying the mounting guilt of not being able to be fully present for my students due to not being able to disconnect from the existential horror and anger.
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If NASA is an unreliable partner then the whole community is in a lot of trouble. We won't get new missions (or maintain mission data) on a volunteer basis.
NASA needs to be an independent government agency (for all the good that is right now) that can maintain continuity across administrations.
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Wayback Machine to the rescue. There will be broken links, and it's a few months out of date, but the important stuff is there.
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Disagree. 80s synth carries very well in the thin Martian atmosphere.
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So, Pluto planet angst has aged out?